Prime Minister rescues an 11-year-old boy who lived chained in barrels and arrests three in Campinas

The boy was found trapped in a barrel and starving; the boy’s father, stepmother and daughter were arrested on the spot

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A Military police from Campinas, not inside of Saint Paul, rescued an 11-year-old boy who was chained to a barrel in the family home in Jardim Itatiaia. The rescue was carried out on the afternoon of Saturday 30 and the boy was sent to the Ouro Verde Hospital, where he remains hospitalized on Sunday. During the rescue, the boy’s father, stepmother and daughter were caught red-handed for torture. The case was registered at the Second Police Station for the Defense of Women and Guardianship Council was activated for monitoring.

A video of the moment of the rescue shows the boy with signs of malnutrition and naked. It is not yet known how long the boy remained in a private prison. According to the Guardianship Council, the municipality’s social assistance network provided assistance to the family that showed signs of vulnerability and was treated by the Psychosocial Support Center (Caps), however, “obviously they did not know about the degrading situation and the child, ”said the guardian counsel Moisés Sesion. Young bread. A team from the Guardianship Council in the south of Campinas visited the Ouro Verde Hospital and found that the child is recovering and hydrated. Throughout this week, the Guardianship Council will continue to monitor the case and should contact the Public Ministry for further investigations.